Norfolk Voting Registers - Poll 1768

A copy of the poll for the knights of the shire for the
county of Norfolk, taken at Norwich, March 23, 1768
taken before William Woodley Esq., High Sheriff

The Poll Book contains the following information :-

CANDIDATES

{ Sir Armine Wodehouse, Bart.
{ Thomas De Grey Esq.

(2680)
(2754)

and

{ Sir Edward Astley, Bart.
{ Wenman Coke Esq.

(2977)
(2610)

Printed by W. Chase 1768

The directory now contains the names of the Freeholders
and where the Freeholds lie and in another column
the place of Residence of the person entitled to vote.

This is followed by 4 columns headed by the names
of the candidates.
Each person has up to 2 votes and
a horizontal bar indicates which people they voted for
(only some of which have been transcribed).

Note that many of the Hundreds etc. finish part way
down a page particularly where people voted at the wrong booths.
The original page numbers for the majority are maintained but
if there are 2 or more Hundreds etc. on a page then they are
given suffixes "-A" for first, "-B" for second etc.

Those who voted at the wrong booth (all listed below with
original page numbers) have
been moved to their correct Hundred and Parish and renumbered
accordingly with a cross reference showing old and new (used
in index) page numbers.

E R R A T A.

[Page 7] For Cocking William read Cocking Charles.
[Page 48], Robinson William, Cl. read for Wodehouse and De Grey.
[Page 48] Rush William read for Astley and Coke.
[Page 51] Coleby Edward read for Wodehouse and De Grey.
[Page 100] Manby John read for Astley and Coke.
[Page 100] May John read for Wodehouse and De Grey.
[Page 100] Morley Hildebrand read for De Grey and Astley.
[Page 100] Master Jacob read for Wodehouse and De Grey.
[Page 128] Bunn Peter read for Wodehouse and Coke.
[Page 197] For Le Grice, Cl. read Le Grice Robert, Cl.
[Page 228] Crosley John read for De Grey and Astley.
[Page 253] At the end of Shipdham Town, 2 for Coke left out.
[Page 253] At the end of Tuddenham East should be 9 for Coke.
[Page 255] For Wathing read Watling.

Notes

1. Some variation will be found in the names of the places
in the book.

2. Docking Hundred parishes are included under Smithdon.

3. "Norwich City and County of the City" are not in the book
as it was a County election.

4. People who voted at the wrong booths are also included
in transcriptions of their correct Hundreds and have been placed in
their correct Parishes (and indexed as such).

5. This entry only appears here as STERNINGHOE does not appear
in any gazetteer? Note Crouse has this as "Stanhoe, Smithdon Hundred"

6. This is assumed to be Wiggenhall St. Mary Magdalen as "MAUDLIN"
is assumed to be the place name.

7. As no place was given for this entry it has not been added
to the Freebridge Marshland page.

8. Eastgate, Southgate and Woodrow are Hamlets of Cawston.

9. Sir Edward Astley, Bart. and Thomas De Grey Esq. were elected.

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Errors and Omissions

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by J. Crouse a number of discrepancies
have been found and are noted in the other transcription.
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